309. The moment of the decisive battle
Nick Young received the ball outside the three-point line, and after a few crotch dribbles, Crawford came back from the defense and pulled out his hand directly, he played Crawford too easily, it all depends on whether the hand feels good or not, and the opponent can't stop him at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
That's how it feels! Nick Young forced the shot hollow into the frame!
Nick Young is suitable for this kind of chaotic battle, when cooperating with Kobe, Liu Ren, and Gasol, Nick Young has a lot of empty shooting opportunities, but Nick Young is not used to catching and shooting at all, he is suitable for this kind of dribbling to find a rhythm and force a shot in front of the defender!
115-115, Nick Young's unreasonable three-point shot helped the Lakers tie the score!
The more chaotic the situation on the court, the happier Nick Young played.
It's like going back to when he was with the Clippers, with Nick Young playing with a few benches and the Clippers' powerful starting five.
Nick Young is unstoppable on the outside, Paul is a father and a mom, he is ready to defend Clarkson after being forced by Clarkson before, Clarkson is too fast, and only he can keep up with the Clippers.
But now Nick Young has a sign of going to shoot, Paul knows Nick Young too well, they were teammates in the first two years, and it was by relying on Nick Young to shoot at a critical moment that they had a chance to reverse the Grizzlies, otherwise if the Grizzlies had grabbed the home-court advantage at the beginning that year, the Clippers would have been quite difficult to play.
There is no way, Paul can only defend against Nick Young.
If the Clippers have any obvious weakness, it's that they don't have a small forward who can defend the opposing team's top scorers, or that their perimeter defense is average at best, except for Paul.
Barnes' defense can only be described as good after 30 years old, when he was with the Lakers, he was far less tough than the 2009 Finals during the Magic period, and was abandoned by the Lakers.
Seeing that it was Redick defending himself, Clarkson kept breaking through the basket, and the Clippers' two interior lines were fouling Clarkson in a row.
Under the crazy breakthrough of Clarkson, a guy who came out of nowhere, the Clippers didn't react for a while, when did the Lakers have such a strong point guard? Aren't the Lakers' point guards all old and slow or wooden like pillars?
Paul can only defend Clarkson again, and now it is Nick Young's turn.
3+1! Nick Young used his best crotch dribble to pick Crawford up, and Nick Young immediately stuck to it, and the referee's whistle blew and he took the shot. Goal plus penalty!
Free throw shot! As the NBA four-point king last season, Nick Young once again sent a four-point play!
Rivers quickly called a timeout.
126-125, with one minute left in the game, relying on the wonderful performance of Nick Young and Clarkson who scored 17 points in three consecutive minutes, the Lakers led by one point and entered a timeout.
D'Antoni touched his mustache, and Clarkson's performance shocked him, unconsciously raising Clarkson's status in his heart a lot.
When it came to crunch time, although Clarkson played well, Bickerstaff put him on the bench and replaced him with McCollum, Nick Young, Kobe, Whiteside and Thackeray!
Nick Young also understands that it's time for Nick Young, who is playing so well that he should be given playing time.
McCollum was the de facto No. 1 point guard in Nash's absence.
Kobe Bryant, of course, doesn't need to say much.
But what is the twin towers of Whiteside and Thackeray? The fans and broadcasters couldn't understand it.
It's time for Paul to shine, although Paul is not averaging a lot of points per game, only 18 points last season, but no one dares to underestimate him at critical moments, and he still puts the ball into the basket under the sandwich of Whiteside and McCollum.
Bryant also showed the true nature of the Black Mamba, taking the ball in the middle distance, knocking Crawford near the three-second zone and hitting a big hook shot. Kobe Bryant is a little slower in terms of speed, but he has excellent back skills, and his weight loss is stronger than Crawford's, and he turns around and hooks Crawford to score.
Seeing that Paul was now in an undefensible state, Whiteside commanded the defense and began to wrap up Paul!
It was still McCollum who defended Paul, but when Paul came to the three-point line, Nick Young posted it at the same time.
Pao Roma passes the ball to Crawford, who is free.
Kobe Bryant immediately stepped in front of Crawford, and Nick Young let Paul step back into the three-point line in order to defend Redick or Crawford.
Pass? Crawford saw that the idea of Nick Young being the interior defense was immediately dispelled and began to dribble under the crotch.
As the player who has stayed on this team for the longest time, Jordan Jr. is very familiar with his teammates, and immediately understood that Crawford was going to come by himself, and immediately came up to block Crawford.
However, Jordan Jr. blocked Kobe, Kobe Bryant went directly behind Jordan Jr., and Nick Young blocked directly from Jordan Jr.
This kind of up-and-off blocking is basically useless for the Lakers, and Bickerstaff focuses on the opponent's on-line breakthrough and forcing the opponent to go to the baseline, so that he can take advantage of the reach of Whiteside and Gasol to block.
After Kobe Bryant walked behind Jordan Jr., Bryant and Nick Young were on Jordan Jr.'s side, and Crawford was defended no matter which way he went.
Crawford made a decisive choice to accelerate to the basket with all his might after Jordan Jr. blocked people, and collided with Nick Young, who bypassed Jordan Jr., and Crawford hit Nick Young and shot directly from mid-distance.
Hit!
Nick Young's heart suddenly burst, this ball is going to be whistled for a foul? You can't miss a point at a critical moment!
Crawford kept complaining about the foul, but the referee ignored him.
Kobe Bryant continued to force Crawford, and the ball just now made the Clippers decide to wrap him, Kobe Bryant and Crawford were different, and immediately passed to the vacated Thackeray, Thackley received the ball and took a step inside to shake off the small throw of Griffin, who had come over from the defense.
The footsteps are beautiful, but I didn't make it! Thackeray has been on the pitch for too long and hasn't found his touch!
Jordan Jr., who looked fierce, grabbed the defensive rebound, this time Crawford was not willful, and when the Lakers' defense was not formed, the strong inside line attracted everyone in the Lakers' bag, and Griffin followed up to catch the ball and dunked it.
129-126, the Clippers lead by three points!
Although Thackeray didn't score, Thackeray's footsteps just now scared the Clippers, Thackeray's footsteps were too beautiful! Facing the basket at such a close distance, it is easy to find the feel.
Seeing that it was Crawford's single defense, Kobe Bryant decisively continued to play alone.